Charter and Accreditation

Saints Cosmas and Damian Health Sciences College is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Western Caribbean Basin. The College limits its activities to the provisions of its charter application: To offer continuing professional education courses and to engage in philanthropic activities.

All applicants for services and continuing professional education offered by Saints Cosmas and Damian Health Sciences College hold entry-level degrees from accredited US and Canadian health care professional programs. Accrediting agencies include but are not limited to the Liaison Committee of Medical Education (LCME), the American Osteopathic Association’s Council on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA), the Accreditation Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE), and Canadian Council on Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP).

All applicants for services and continuing professional education offered by Saints Cosmas and Damian Health Sciences College have or have held unrestricted licenses to practice their health care professions in a US or Canadian jurisdiction. These licenses were issued after the applicants successfully passed licensure examinations.

All applicants who are physicians and surgeons either are board certified in a specialty accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA); or are, or were, eligible to sit for a specialty board examination offered by an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or AOA certification board.

Application has been made to Accreditation Services for International Schools, Colleges, and Universities (ASIC), for accreditation of the continuing professional education courses offered by Saints Cosmas and Damian Health Sciences College. Information about ASIC may be found on their website, www.asic.org.uk. Accreditation may not be granted until the education entity offers its first course.